The Sila Initiative – 2015 Webinar Mini-Series with Shaykha Umm Sahl
Our friends at The Sila Initiative are excited to announce a new, interactive mini-series with Ustadha Umm Sahl entitled “Questions and Reflections.”
Every month, Umm Sahl will be answering questions around a particular theme.
The first session will be on September 12, 2015 at 10am EST (7am Los Angeles; 10am New York; 3pm London; 5pm Amman; 6pm Mecca). The theme is “Believing Women and Allah.”
How can I become closer to Allah? What is the deeper meaning behind the events in my life? Who can I consult for advice? Join them during this Q&R session with Ustadha Umm Sahl, an experienced and knowledgeable female scholar, to get insight and answers to your personal questions. .
Registration is free and open to all women.
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About Umm Sahl (Ustadha Besa Krasniqi)
Born and raised in New Zealand, and of Albanian descent, Umm Sahl left with her family to live in Turkey in 1982, where she met her first sheikh in tasawwuf, Ihsan Effendi of Zeytinburnu, Istanbul, whose student she remained until his death in 1991. In 1983, she traveled to Egypt to study Arabic, where she lived for three years. In 1986, she married her husband Nuh Ha Mim Keller and moved to Amman, Jordan.
She studied Hanafi Fiqh and hadith terminology with Sheikh Shuayb Arnaut; Hanafi Fiqh and ‘Aqida with Sheikh Ahmad al-Jammal; Tajwid with Sheikh Ibrahim Rumana; and for the last 10 years, she has been studying Tafsir, Arabic grammar, Balagha, and Islamic Inheritance with Sheikh ‘Ali Hani. In 1992, she joined the Shadhili tariqa of Sheikh Abdur-Rahman ash-Shaghouri, and was his student until his death in 2004. At present, she studies and teaches, helps her husband in his translation projects, and the running of the Zawiya of Abul Hasan ash-Shadhili in Amman.
Her tafsir lessons are available at www.quraniccommentary.com
